My column in today’s sports section is about going out alone, as I did on my recent trip to Botheration Pond. Before this year, I had hiked alone just a handful of times, but now going out by myself is getting to be a habit. Though I would, of course, prefer to have Herb with […]
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Blake Cortright, a young film student from Albany, is raising money to fund a documentary film about the Adirondack 46ers, those folks (like me and Herb) who have climbed all 46 Adirondack peaks over 4,000 feet in elevation. Using the fundraising site kickstarter.com, Cortright has until Feb. 18 to reach his goal of $12,250. If […]
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These days, when the sun sets 10 minutes after you each lunch, require getting an early start or doing short hikes closer to home. A few weeks ago (before the snow), we chose a short hike close to home. No matter where we went, we knew the day would likely end well. We already had […]
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I was five minutes from meeting two guys at “The Garden” parking lot in Keene Valley. We were planning to go up Big Slide, then cross over the Johns Brook Valley to climb both peaks of the Wolf Jaws. It was going to be a long day with a lot of climbing but the pre-dawn […]
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My column in today’s sports section was on Mohawk River State Park in Niskayuna. Though the state bought the land in 2006, not much has changed from when it was the Schenectady Museum Nature Preserve. In one way, that’s a good thing – the trails are being maintained by volunteers and are in good shape, […]
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Diane Chase is the author of the recently published “Adirondack Family Time Champlain Valley Plattsburgh to Ticonderoga: Your Four-Season Guide To Over 300 Activities,” and also “Adirondack Family Time Tri-Lakes and High Peaks Regions.” Both books are $17.95 and are available in bookstores and online. Chase writes a weekly Family Time column for the Adirondack […]
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Herb and I are often baffled by folks who climb the same mountain over and over again. Sometimes people ask us how we find new hikes. Herb talks about it a little in his column this week about secret spots in the Adirondacks. The truth is some really pretty, isolated spots aren’t really secrets – […]
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You know it, right? The mountain with the American flag near the summit? (15 points if you know it.) When you’re coming from the west, you know you’re getting near Warrensburg when you spot Hackensack. I’d wondering about it many times. Gillian and I stay just north of town and shop at the Grand Union. […]
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